Thingyan

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Thingyan
Thingyan festival of Pagan Kingdom
Also called	Burmese New Year
Observed by	Burmese people
Significance	Marks the Burmese New Year
Observances	Water splashing, merit-making activities, gadaw, almsgiving
Begins	13 April
Ends	16 April
Date	13–16 April
Frequency	annual
Related to	South and Southeast Asian solar New Year

Thingyan, also known as the Myanmar New Year, is a festival that usually occurs in middle of April. Celebrated over a period of four to five days, Thingyan culminates in the New Year. The dates of Thingyan are calculated according to the Burmese calendar. Thingyan is observed as public holidays throughout Myanmar, and are part of the summer holidays at the end of the school year. Water-throwing or dousing one another from any shape or form of vessel or device that delivers water is the distinguishing feature of this festival and may be done on the first four days of the festival. The New Year coincides with new year celebrations throughout Southeast Asia and South Asia, including Songkran in Laos, Songkran in Thailand, the Cambodian New Year, the Sinhalese New Year and the festivals like Vaisakhi (Punjab), Puthandu (Tamil Nadu), Vishu (Kerala) and Bihu (Assam) in India.